Steinmeier calls on Putin to stop war in Ukraine

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to stop military actions in Ukraine, Report informs, citing TASS.

"I appeal to President Putin: Stop this madness!" Germany's president told journalists in Berlin. He said that the events in Ukraine would definitely have consequences.

"We do not want hostility with the Russian people. The opposite is the case. But this injustice would definitely have consequences," Steinmeier said.

He noted that Germany would 'do its part to deter and restrain Putin from 'aggression against our alliance.'

"I have said it before, and I will say it again: the Russian President should not underestimate the power of democracy," Steinmeier said.